Chapter 1586: The Sun Holy Emperor

The Eye of the Sea collapsed, the stone coffin exploded, and the Solar Saint Emperor, as if hearing the wails of all beings, truly reappeared against the heavens' will!

All beings wept in sorrow; blood flowed like rivers across the land, a pall of gloom hung heavy, and corpses piled up like mountains. Their lamentations shook heaven and earth, as countless people called out to the Human Race's Ancient Emperor, hoping for his resurrection and return.

And it actually came true!

This peerless hero in the history of the human race returned against the heavens' will, appearing out of nowhere at humanity's most desperate moment, as the most terrifying dark turmoil in history descended.

No one had ever imagined that after countless ages had passed, his legacy severed and even his descendants wiped out, he would still return to fight for all beings!

"Solar Saint Emperor, he truly is our Human Race's Saint Emperor!"

"The Human Emperor! It's him, he has truly returned!"

For countless ages, only the Solar Ancient Emperor and the Lunar Ancient Emperor were ever revered as Human Emperors. Their achievements shook the ages, they ruled the world, and held the hearts of the people.

Later, some Great Emperors studied their methods, and the Solar and Lunar Imperial Scriptures were revered as mother scriptures.

At this moment, some old Saints were shouting and roaring, extremely agitated, wishing they could soar into the sky and immediately go to pay their respects, to express the excitement and reverence in their hearts.

In this most perilous moment, pleading with the heavens proved futile, kneeling to the earth bore no fruit, and calling upon all gods and demons of the heavens yielded no sound. Only the Solar Saint Emperor, from the deepest part of people's hearts, appeared.

This brought tears to the eyes of many. They sobbed uncontrollably, shouting and calling out loudly, hoping the Human Emperor could stabilize the heavens, quell the turmoil, and restore peace to the land!

However, many also felt ashamed. In the past, after the lineage of the Solar Saint Emperor declined, they suffered a devastating calamity, completely slaughtered by the powerful Golden Crow Clan, yet no one offered a helping hand.

This was truly shameful. The Human Emperor's bloodline was almost severed; if Ye Fan hadn't saved little Tongtong, it would have died out completely. Where were they at that time?

Not until today, with the advent of the dark turmoil, as catastrophe loomed and the world faced annihilation, did people remember the Solar Saint Emperor and call for his return to quell the bloody disaster.

"We have failed the Human Emperor; we have no face to meet the Human Ancestor!" many people repented.

To this day, only one bloodline of the Human Emperor remains in the mortal world, a sad truth. Yet, when all beings needed him most, he selflessly reappeared to confront the ancient Supremes.

The blood-stained human skin swelled up, his majestic form awe-inspiring. With disheveled hair, he transformed into the Solar Saint Emperor, possessing peerless might, holding his Emperor weapon, and once again reigning over the world.

Not to flaunt his power, nor to enjoy the worship of ten thousand people, but to quell the chaos. People did not know his condition, and their hearts were in their throats. The Solar Saint Emperor was going to fight for them.

"It's you... Human Emperor! You can still appear," the Light and Darkness Supreme said, his eyes flickering uncertainly as he stared at the figure before him, lost in thought.

There was no response. This majestic body was shrouded in mist, its hair disheveled, and its eyes held a desolate emptiness, devoid of spirit or light, which brought sorrow to all.

However, his Emperor weapon trembled. The stone pagoda glowed, and billions of threads of immortal light danced, illuminating eternity. Then, nourished by the Solar Saint Emperor's blood, it erupted with the most terrifying aura.

"You... are not the true Solar Saint Emperor. You cannot stop me!" the Light and Darkness Supreme said coldly.

He pointed forward, and instantly, divine chains flew out. These were divine principles transformed from order, unparalleled in their generation, piercing through the sky, intending to lock down the Human Emperor.

With a crash, the stone pagoda trembled, its imperial aura soaring tens of thousands of feet high, severing countless chains of laws and annihilating everything. Those principles of order could not approach it.

"Boom!"

The Solar Saint Emperor defied the heavens and ascended, striking forward with a palm. Using a principle of "Star Shift," both instantly reached beyond the cosmos.

"Rest assured, I don't want to destroy this main star," the Light and Darkness Supreme said coldly, following him beyond the cosmos, "I'll leave the seeds of life, for great use in the future."

His left pupil was completely dark, as if it could swallow the universe, absorbing and obliterating all things in the world. At this moment, his left pupil burst forth, and darkness enveloped the void, swallowing all the stars in the heavens. The world was left with no light, only darkness!

This was his method, his Dao, to block and swallow the Solar Saint Emperor's palm.

In an instant, the sky exploded. The Solar Saint Emperor's palm erupted with endless light and fire, burning fiercely and piercing through the gloom, as if igniting the hope in the hearts of all beings.

"Boom!"

In the end, the Light and Darkness Supreme had to extend his hand, suppressing forward, and it collided with the great hand, shaking violently, with a trickle of blood spilling from his lips.

He forgot that while he claimed the one opposite was not the true Solar Saint Emperor, he himself was also no longer the Supreme at his peak; he was now incomplete. Although he surpassed Quasi-Emperors and still possessed Imperial might and those laws, he had ultimately self-severed a part of himself and was no longer complete.

The valiant middle-aged man opposite smashed a fist forward, his divine might unparalleled, his hair flying wildly. His eyes held no spirit, only blood, yet he still acted powerfully, protecting all beings.

This was the Solar Emperor Fist, its energy engulfing the universe, invincible in heaven and earth, pressuring the stars to tremble and fall like dust!

The Light and Darkness Supreme was startled; this was a human skin in a strange state, bearing the immortal imprint left by the Solar Saint Emperor. It was a combat avatar, not his true body, yet it was this powerful.

"Boom!"

The Light and Darkness Supreme acted. Naturally, he would not admit that other Great Emperors or Ancient Emperors were stronger than him. He had once attained Dao, once ruled the primordial universe, once looked down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and was peerless; naturally, he dared to fight anyone from ancient times to the present.

Brilliant light erupted, dazzling rays impacted the universe, shaking the mortal world. This was a great battle between Supremes, astonishing the mortal world.

The Solar Saint Emperor, reduced to merely a human skin, nevertheless possessed such majesty that it made the Samsara Supreme stop, and the Solar Emperor Fist made the Light and Darkness Supreme cough up large mouthfuls of blood.

However, this skin also cracked, with more bloodstains appearing—a shocking sight!

"You have the battle intent from your life, and you've borrowed battle power," the Light and Darkness Supreme said coldly, "but it's only a temporary feat; it will still end..."

With a mighty hum, the stone pagoda in the Solar Saint Emperor's hand trembled, cascading vast fiery light and shrouded in chaos, appearing utterly terrifying.

As the stone pagoda pressed forward, the entire universe trembled. The Solar Saint Emperor's might erupted, startling all heavens. Even the Lord of the Divine Ruins, the Samsara Revered One, the Stone Emperor of Undying Mountain, and others in other star regions all turned their heads to look in this direction, deeply moved.

With a violent shock, a divine staff appeared in the Light and Darkness Supreme's right hand. Very short, only about a foot long, it was forged from Dao-Tribulation Gold, dazzlingly brilliant, so radiant it made the starlit river dim in comparison. In his left hand, an ancient shield appeared, entirely black, forged from dark gold, terrifyingly profound, like a black hole.

These were his Emperor weapons—the Staff of Light and the Shield of Darkness!

And his eyes were similar: his right eye was brilliant, his left eye dark, embodying light and darkness.

A violent collision occurred, and light and darkness burst forth. The Staff of Light and the Shield of Darkness shared a common origin, conceived from a single deity, branching into two weapons. They collided like the creation of heaven and earth, full of immense power, startling the universe!

Endless light emanated, boundless darkness surged, embodying light and darkness to their fullest. They split into two, then merged, causing a cosmic explosion.

However, the stone pagoda ultimately smashed into them. The Solar Saint Emperor was heroically unparalleled; the stone pagoda collided with the Light and Darkness Imperial Weapons, and his own supreme techniques, fully contained within the human skin, suppressed them.

"Boom!"

The Light and Darkness Supreme shot into the sky, his hair disheveled, covered in bloodstains. Blood streamed from his lips, and before he could regain his footing, he stumbled again, almost falling.

On the other side, the Solar Saint Emperor's most powerful battle intent was almost extinguished; the human skin was damaged, and blood flowed. His mighty body could collapse at any moment.

The stone pagoda trembled, glowing on its own, suspended above his head, protecting his body from falling. Nourished by imperial blood, it was much stronger than its usual resurrection state. Because it was unwilling to yield for its master, it was far more terrifying than its self-revived state!

"Just a dead man. I don't need to waste my time with you," the Light and Darkness Supreme said. "To truly destroy you would consume some of my life force, and it wouldn't be worth it."

These words sounded so despairing in the ears of the Saints. Clearly, the Light and Darkness Supreme had not truly exerted himself; he was merely conserving his vital life essence.

After all, it was just a human skin; no matter how powerful, it couldn't truly defy heaven. Even if it contained the Solar Saint Emperor's strongest battle intent, there was a limit.

The Light and Darkness Supreme put away his weapons and coldly glanced at the Ziwei Starfield, saying, "Let this place return to peace for now, but how long can you guard it? Can you truly endure?"

He did not linger, for there was no time to waste. He had squandered too much on the path to immortality, and he urgently needed to replenish life essence and prevent decay.

"Solar Saint Emperor, you are indeed respectable, to act like this even in death," he said, his final utterance, "but is it worth it for them?"

To be evaluated in such a way by a great enemy, the character of the Solar Saint Emperor could be imagined.

Many in the Ziwei Starfield felt ashamed. The Solar Saint Emperor's lineage was almost extinct here, yet at this most perilous moment, who had protected them?

The Solar Saint Emperor rose, dragging his broken body, silently arriving at the Ziwei Starfield. Looking down upon the ancient land he had once fought for and protected, from his empty eyes, blood dripped again, like crystalline tears.

Finally, he sat down cross-legged on this great purple star, motionless. His hair gradually turned somewhat gray, and his back was no longer so straight.

He remained silent. No one knew his condition, nor if any will remained within him. All the people on the ancient star gazed up at him.

Only his broken body remained, accompanied by the Imperial Pagoda. Beyond that, there was nothing else. This was merely an old man in his twilight years, silently guarding the ancient star alone, preventing external enemies from approaching.

This brought great sorrow to the people of the Ziwei Starfield. The Solar Saint Emperor of old, invincible in heaven and earth, how could he be humiliated? No one could resist him. Yet now, to protect them, he had become like this.

"Ah, wuwu..."

Everyone wept bitterly. The once mighty Solar Saint Emperor seemed unable to exist for much longer, but he was still trying to protect this land, making all beings on the entire star unable to hold back their tears.

The Solar Saint Emperor had ultimately aged. This was not his true body, yet through this body, people felt the hero's final loneliness and sorrow.

All beings cried out in sorrow, and many surges of spiritual power poured into his gradually aging body, but nothing could be changed.

The Solar Saint Emperor's hair was gray. He wanted to stand up, wanted to go far away for one last battle, but he had ultimately lost all his strength. His decaying body bled, and he fell.

The last tear of blood fell from his eye as he transformed into a tattered human skin and never stood up again. Only an Imperial Pagoda wailed and roared, trembling there, emitting ten thousand zhang of light, guarding him, unwilling to depart!

Throughout the universe, a dark turmoil had fully set in. Blood flowed everywhere, and countless ancient lands of life suffered calamity. From this point on, no one could stop it; there were no more truly living Great Emperors left...